Altruism, pro-social behavior, and aggression Flashcards
Types of prosocial behavior
Cooperation
Helping forms
- expecting reciprocity
- in the absence of reward or personal benefit
- ALTRUISM potential harm or injury to the helping organism.
Hinde
can animals be altruistic
Trivers
kin selection theory
Decision-making perspective
- Perceiving a need,
- Perception of responsibility
- Weighing costs and benefits,
- Deciding how to help,
Attribution perspective
•Is the need legitimate?
- Cause perceived as controllable or uncontrollable
Negative-state relief model
We help others in order to relieve the stress we feel when encountering a bad situation.
Batson
suggests that people experience two kinds of emotion when they see suffering. you will help anyway if feeling empathy
Traditionaldefinitionof aggression
behavior against another person with the intention of committing harm
Aggression as a drive
–frustration-aggression hypothesis
–biologicalbasis